One day
Mulla Nasruddin was going somewhere when he met a man who was carrying a large
milk can. The man wished Mulla Nasruddin and said, “Mullaaji, I have a problem.
Would you be kind enough to provide me a solution?” Mullaa Nasruddin willingly
consented to hear him out as he was eyeing his big container of milk.
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The man
said, “Whenever I get up in the morning, I feel intoxicated. My head spins
around and I feel as if I have a hangover. I don’t understand what could be the
problem.”
Mullaa
Nasruddin asked, “Hmm! This is a serious problem, indeed! Let me think. What do
you generally eat or drink before you go to sleep?”
The man
said, “I drink a big glass of milk.”
The Mullaa
said, “Now, I have found your problem! The milk that you drink in the night
causes the intoxication.”
The
gullible man asked, “How is that, Mullaaji?”
Mullaa
explained to him, “You drink milk before sleeping. In your sleep, when you toss
in your bed, the milk gets churned. It turns into butter. When butter gets
churned, it turns into fat. Fat gets churned, it turns into sugar. Then the
sugar gets churned and turns into alcohol. So, finally you wake up with alcohol
in your stomach in the morning, and that is why you feel intoxicated.”
“So
what do I do?” asked the man in simplicity.
The
clever Mullaa said, “The solution of your problem is very simple. Don’t drink
milk! Here, give it to me.” Mullaa took away the milk can from the man and
walked away from there.
The
poor man stood there bewildered.
The
End.
